There are quite a few gems in the collection, including Spenver Williams’ Body and Soul, which stars Paul Robeson as an escaped prisoner who becomes a reverend to a small black town. Another hit is The Bronze Buckaroo, which stars singing cowboy Herb Jeffries.

IndieWire states, “’Pioneers of African-American Cinema’ was a flagship project of Kickstarter’s Film Preservation and Restoration Initiative. The collection was curated by Charles Musser and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart and produced by Bret Wood.